Legend of Zelda: Friendship is Magicby amythistfireChaptersIntro: Our Story Begins1: Link and Applejack2: Hero of Time?3: Navi and the Pegasus4: The Horror of Cupcakes5: The Transformation6: An Unrequested Reunion7: The Transformation, For Real This TimeIntro: Our Story Begins“You guys...You hadn’t forgotten about me? You still thought of me as your friend?” A mysterious voice begins, not a My Little Pony fanfic, not a Legend of Zelda game, but a true story. He bows his head in shame. The response to his question was a familiar song sung by four giants as they walked in four different directions. The scarecrow like man turns and looks at the young boy who had just defeated the evil force that had taken control of his body and spirit. “Did you...Did you save me? I thought they didn’t want to be friends with me …” he said, looking in the direction one of the giants went. “But...They hadn’t forgotten about me...Friends are a nice thing to have....” He mustered a slight giggle. “Could you be my friend too?” he asks. Skull kid, as he was called, then waddles over to the green clad hero, smells him, and laughs. “You have the same smell as the fairy kid who taught me that song in the woods...I know, I know! Let’s do something!” He is interrupted by a confusing man holding a colorful mask. “Oh...So the evil has left the mask after all...Well, now...I finally have it back. Since I am in the midst of my travels...I must bid you farewell. Shouldn’t you be returning home as well? Whenever there is a meeting, a parting is sure to follow. However, that parting need not last forever. Whether a parting be forever or merely for a short time...That is up to you. With that, please excuse me...” He begins to walk away and then, mid stride, vanishes into thin air, carrying the same spirit, in the form of a mask, which caused this havoc. After he had vanished a woodland fairy, Tatl, attempts a good - by, “Well, both of us have gotten what we were after...So this is where you and I part ways isn’t it? You know...it was kind of fun. Well...it’s almost time for the Carnival of Time to begin...So, why don’t you just leave and go about your business? The rest of us have a carnival to go to.” The hero jumps on his horse and rides towards home into the rising sun. “LINK!” the woodland fairy shouts. The hero, known as Link, did not break his gallop. He must find Navi, his own fairy. “Thank you.” Somehow, Navi has found her way into the bustling town square of Ponyville, which is in mid-rampage on a parasprite infestation. Navi is confused by all of these … fairies? They did not have the glowing aurora she herself possessed, yet they looked identical otherwise. She had seen colored fairies, but they all glowed. Every time she attempted to talk to anyone, even a pony (which seemed her only option), they would scream in terror, as if her herself were one of these abomination to fairy kind, whatever they were. That’s when she heard a song coming from behind her. She turned to see a pink pony with one of the craziest hair style she had ever seen playing what appeared to be a tuba, accordion, banjo, harmonica, and other instruments she could not see. She noticed the colorful flying balls bouncing behind the pony to the beat of the music. She would never stoop to that level, so she hind in a dark alley until the music faded into the distance. Hoping that after they were gone, everyone would calm down enough to explain the situation. 1: Link and ApplejackPonyville had just recovered from the recent parasprite encounter, and Applejack had just gone out into the Everfree Forest to get a special blend of cinnamon from Zecora for her trademark applesauce. On her way there she heard a slight moaning from somewhere within the thick foliage. Curiosity got the best of her and, peaking through the foliage, she saw the limp body of a human clad in green. She was so worried for the man, as she has heard him called in sci-fi book she had read. She was sure it was docile, and he was unconscious anyhow. With a surprised look on her face she rushed over and picked him up on her back. Looking him over, she could not find any cut or other injury. She wondered how he had ended up unconscious. She quickly rushed the body to the hospital. She noticed he had a sword with a bluish-purplish hilt in a peculiar bird-like fashion similar to his shield, which was more obviously a bird pointing to symbol made up of three golden triangles arranged in a pattern of another triangle: Link awoke to the sounds of beeping. He did not recognize anything, but it all seemed so high tech. Much higher than the Medieval technology of Hyrule. He could not see any people, and there appeared to be horses of different colors lying across the beds. Confusion arose as he jumped out of bed. Nothing hurt and the last thing he remembered was heading back into the Termanian forest in search of Navi. Now he’s in the hospital. He saw his sword, shield and ocarina laying beside his bed. As he suited up, an orange pony with a light gray-olive mane walked through the doorway. "Howdy!" greeted Applejack. Being the best pony, she obviously should get the first pony speaking part. Link swiveled and drew his sword and shield in a very fluid motion and stood in his attack position toward this... talking horse. "Whoa, Nelly! Settle down, partner! I don’t mean ya no harm." Link slowly sheathed his sword. She didn’t seem like a threat. He was familiar with talking to horses. While a wolf (in Twilight Princess), he had tried to talk to Epona, but this one seemed...friendlier. Epona had always been, "Link... Hurry up and return to your true self..." as if being able to talk to him was completely unimportant, even unwanted. He wondered how he knew that, seeing as he himself didn’t ever do that. Maybe he remembers some of his’ alternate selves, as he often does. (For your sanity as well as mine, I will include what Link is saying here, even though usually you, as someone not in the story, should not be able to hear / read what he is saying.) "I’m Link of Hyrule." "You’re Link, huh?" she replied. ”Well, howdy-doo-dee! I’m Applejack! Pleased to meet you." She reached out her hoof and Link slowly, cautiously knelt down, reached out, and shook it like he would a hand, grasping around it and shaking it upside down. It felt weird shaking hooves instead of hands. Applejack seemed equally confused, but didn’t say anything. Also most of these ponies came up to his lower ribs, so he has to duck whenever he goes through doorways. ”What’s this place you speak of, Hyrule?” Applejack questioned. “This here is Ponyville. Is Hyrule somewhere in Equestria?" Link shook his head. ”Hyrule is a land entirely different; Populated with human such as myself." Applejack looked confused. She pondered this for a moment before giving up. ”Twilight will know about this. She knows about everything is seems. Common! Follow me." "I’m not going to ride you?" Link looked expectantly and slightly confused at the blonde mare. Applejack was even more confused, "Do... do you want to?" "Well we usually do where I’m from." Reluctantly Applejack agreed. It felt more natural than she thought it would, having someone riding on her back. Link seemed as though he was in control of her motions, tugging on her mane like it was a bridle. Every corner she rounded, he tugged on her braids. Unfortunately the hospital was at the other end of town from the library, so there was a long way to go. 2: Hero of Time?Applejack slowed to a trot. Our green clad hero, Link, wasn’t heavy, the apple buckets on the farm were heavier than him. She slowed because her mane hurt from his constant tugging every time she rounded a turn. It’s also much easier to make conversation in a trot instead of a full run. “So what’s it like in Hyrule? It sounds like a dandy place!” Being the audience, you don’t hear what he said. Just know he tells of his story. The story we know as Ocarina of Time. Applejack was astounded by the concept of another universe.”Hold on now Sally! Chosen hero of the Goddesses? Sounds a bit fishy to me ,”she mustered a chuckle.”Then again if you would’ve said I represent the Element of Honesty, I would have called ya crazy!” Obviously Link questioned what the Element of Honesty was, and before long Applejack was telling Link the story of Nightmare Moon and the Elements of Harmony. She also talked about the other major events up to episode 10 (Swarm of the Century), which had just happened about a month ago. Meanwhile, Navi, still hiding in the alleyway did, in fact, hear Link revelation and flew into the streets upon hearing his voice.”Hey! Hey!”she shouted hoping to get his attention. She could only see the distraught faces of the ponies upon seeing another parasprite. She knew Link was in this town, and she was going to find him! Unfortunately, Navi had hidden in the alleyway across the street from Sugarcube Corner. Pinkie had been the first to see the glowing light emerge out into the streets and was quickly on her way to gather the necessary instruments. While talking to Link, Applejack had turned her head and crashed into the library in classic MLP humor. She knocked on the door and was responded by, “It’s open!” the terrified voice of Twilight replied. The reference to entering into a tree is too obvious, completely removing all humor from the situation. This is SERIOUS STUFF PEOPLE! This is no fanfic, nor is this a video game, this is REAL LIFE MAN!... ... I’m still in control of the story though, and I say the reason Twilight nor Spike came to the door was because the tree was infested by a giant spider, about the size of two ponies. (see what I did there? entering tree, giant spider. lol) “You tell him Link!” Applejack yelled as support. Link reached for his adventure pack and pulled out his slingshot. He quickly shot the spider’s one, giant, bulging eye.... It immediately died in a puff of purple smoke. Link stood there staring at the lack of spider. Honestly, Link expected more of a fight, at least a more rewarding death, but this was no video game. Oh, well. Twilight tried to thank him, but it was hard to thank a creature which you had only heard of in video games. At least she knew he spoke Equestrian (which is the same as Hyrulian). “Thanks for, uh, saving Spike and me from that horrible spider. My name is Twilight Sparkle. I am here researching friendship for my mentor, Princess Celestia." Link introduced himself and Applejack excused Twilight into the other room to explain the situation. Link casually walked outside to catch some fresh air. What is going on ? Fine, I’ll let you read his thoughts. Must be a mission from the Goddesses. Navi would know. His attempt to call for Navi obviously failed. He heard a happy polka beat and felt better knowing the townsponies were happier than himself. If only Navi were here with him. Navi, meanwhile wished Link was with her too. The rest of the ponies had run away and hidden, but this pink one expected her to stoop to the level of those detestations, those parasprites, as she herself had been called. Link would be able to stop her. She sighed, “I’ll never find Link at this rate!” That’s when she heard a familiar voice calling. Navi tried focusing on where Link voice was coming from but couldn’t concentrate on it enough to hear it over Pinkie’s accordion. She just wanted to get away from that band on hooves. She soon found herself that she had flown high enough she couldn’t hear the melody, although still able to hear the beat of the tuba and cymbals, but still could not locate the sound of Link’s voice. It was getting dark, and she needed a place to rest. Creepy dark alleyways are harder to sleep in than you would think. She bumped into a cloud. She looked surprised. I feel I should break here to explain Navi’s surprise. In Hyrule, the clouds were what the clouds are here on Earth: water vapor. When I say she bumped INTO a cloud I mean the cloud stopped her from continuing forward. She never thought about sleeping in a cloud, but it will do. So she carved out a little cave and a bed and dosed off to sleep. She wanted to find Link but was too tired to keep looking, and her moral was low due to that blasted polka. Navi noticed the beat had stopped. “She must have given up. Maybe now...(yawn)... I can... get... some... slee...,” her sentence was cut off by her own snoring. 3: Navi and the Pegasus“There is no cover art," Rainbow Dash comments. “Why don‘t you put one on?” “I have put on a blank cover," I pause for the rimshot, “does that make you happy?" “Why don’t you just draw it yourself?" Twilight rolls her eyes, obviously unamused at the rimshot. “I can’t draw." “I think you should ask your fans, you know, if they want, to submit some cover art," Fluttershy asks. “Alright, you heard her, if you can draw, why don’t you submit some cover art? I am looking for hand drawn (on paper or Microsoft Paint), but some edited pics couldn’t hu-" “Why not that pic of me and Link, sugar cube?" Applejack interrupts. “Because that’s my profile pic." “I don’t see anything wrong with it," grumbles Applejack. I grunt. “Anyway, why not submit some? It couldn’t hurt." Rainbow Dash turned in her bed and looked out the window. The sun has been down for over an hour now! What was that light glowing out her window? She reluctantly crawled out of bed. She had been up all night preparing for the upcoming winter. And regretting the Winter Wrap up soon afterwards. Princess Celestia may change the temperature of the seasons, but Rainbow Dash, as head of the weather ponies, is in charge making sure the snow falls when it’s supposed to. She needed rest to set up the snow clouds, and she wasn’t going to waste her energy flying when she didn’t have to. So she stuck to walking until she got underneath her window and spotted where the mysterious light was emitting from. As she pulled out her wings, pain spread along her humorous. She would not be able to fly tonight, so instead she started hoofing into the cloud below her, hoping, somehow, she would find what the mysterious light was. Navi’s search had finally paid off! There was Link! “Hey! Listen!" she yelled at him. He turned at the sound of her voice and they started running (or flying) in slow motion towards each other. The town turned into a daisy field as they grew nearer. That’s when everything went wrong, an earthquake happened and a trench engulfed Link. Navi flew over to attempt to save him when she awoke from her slumber. The cloud around her was shaking. “Hey! Knock it off!" she yelled. The digging stopped. There was a few seconds of silence. “Hello?" a surprised, timid voice responded, obviously not expecting a response. The timidness was quickly revoked, " What’s the idea with your ...," the voice was obviously looking for the right word. Navi flew out of her cave to see a blue pony with a rainbow of colors as her mane. “Hello! I am Navi!" “I’m ..." the pony took a step back,” I’m Rainbow Dash." Obviously this one thought she was a parasprite too and was surprised she had talked. She soon put on a tough girl act, “I thought Pinkie got rid of all of you." Navi would have rolled her eyes, except she has no eyes, “Listen! I’m not a parasprite! I am Navi, a woodland fairy sent to protect Link of Hyrule on the death wish of the Great Deku Tree!" “Alright," Rainbow Dash responded, forgetting she was talking to an assumed parasprite. “I don’t know anything about Link, or Hyrule, or any of that. All I know am I wanted to get some sleep. So if you wouldn’t mind turning off your...uh ... body. I would like to go to bed. I have to move in the clouds for winter tomorrow, and my wing is sore," she stretched out and started rubbing her wing. Navi had forgotten to turn down her aurora (they can do that you know). She apologized and explained how she got there (I’m too lazy to write that, and you know it already) and demonstrated that she could tone down the light. “Sorry to wake you, Navi. Would you like to sleep inside? As long as you turn off your light!" They both started laughing as they went inside. Fluttershy awoke all too late. Usually it was ok if she slept in later than normal, but with the upcoming winter, she had to prepare nests and feed the hibernating creatures. Luckily the migrating birds and such had left earlier that week, but it was still a lot of work. She rushed out of bed and started by picking the lettuce and other assorted vegetables. While she worked, she practiced her duo with Rarity she had during the song they always did while cleaning up after winter. " We wake up all their sleepy heads. So quietly and nice! " She hoped Twilight could have a solo this year. "Winter Wrap Up! Winter Wrap Up! " She held the ’u’ in Up . " Let’s finish our holiday cheer! " Rainbow Dash filled in. Her wings were rejuvenated from her night’s sleep, or what little sleep she got, and she was flying in the sky above the vegetable patch. Fluttershy jumped out of surprise. “Oh, hello Rainbow Dash! How wonderful you came to help!" “Uh, well, not exactly," Rainbow Dash rubbed her neck. “See I came to show you Navi." Immediately after Navi flew out of Rainbow Dash‘s multicolored mane, Fluttershy screamed and zip-lined in through her door (Navi, might I add was surprised ponies could move so fast; You can‘t even see them move!). Navi heard the lock mechanism latch and sighed. “Listen! I don’t think we can convince her to come out." “Nonsense! I'll to talk to her." Rainbow landed near the door and hoofed into it twice. “Go away!" Fluttershy yelled, more violently than normal. Ever since she stood up to that dragon a few months earlier, she has not been quite as quiet and timid. “Fluttershy, Navi’s not a parasprite!" Rainbow dash replied. “She’s a woodland fairy; From some other land other than Equestria." The door unlocked and opened just enough for Fluttershy to peek through. “So, she won’t eats my garden?" “No," Rainbow looked caringly at Fluttershy. “Alright," Fluttershy started to open the door timidly, as if she didn’t entirely believe him, then closed it again. “Will she eat anything else?" “No," Rainbow Dash rolled her eyes. Fluttershy emerged from her house eying Navi suspiciously. “This one glow I guess," Fluttershy reconciled herself. Obviously, she was still suspecting Navi to be a parasprite, but, after a few minutes of chit - chat, Fluttershy had warmed up to Navi and soon had asked her to help around the yard of hungry animals. Navi‘s job was waking up and calling the animals to be fed because Fluttershy still didn’t quite trust her around food. She definitely had the voice for it. “Hey! Listen!" she would call to them. “Time to eat!" Before long, all the animals were fed and playing in Fluttershy‘s massive yard. Rainbow Dash had been moving in snow clouds to be all day, completely unaware of the friendship between Fluttershy and Navi. So when she arrived to take Navi back home with her, she was surprised when Fluttershy asked if Navi could stay with her over night, and maybe even help her tomorrow morning with the final hibernators. Rainbow Dash sighed in defeat (not that she had fought), she let Fluttershy keep Navi overnight. Instead of going straight back home, she decided to go to Sugarcube Corner for a cup of milk, and maybe even make some light conversation with her favorite prankster, but she would have to talk lightly about Navi. At the mention of a parasprite, Pinkie would march over to Fluttershy‘s house with her ensemble of instruments, and do nothing but annoy Fluttershy and Navi and even the animals in the yard. “Where’s the parasprite?" was the immediate response as soon Rainbow Dash stepped up to the counter. 4: The Horror of Cupcakes"Let’s not read this one," Rainbow invites. "No, I like this chapter. You will read it and enjoy it too!" Pinkie stops any other pre - chapter reading. "Whaa – what parasprite?" Rainbow Dash answered. She tried changing the subject, "Ca - can I get some milk?" "No milk until you tell me where it is." Pinkie Pie’s glare was uncharacteristic of her normal happy-peppy self. Was everypony turning into chaotic alter egos? Pinkie turned to inspect her hoof, nonchalantly, "Ever read the story Cupcakes?" She slammed her hoof into the counter separating her and Rainbow Dash. Rainbow Dash’s eyes grew wider in fear as Pinkie pulled a brown cupcake with dark purple icing out from underneath the counter. Yes, Rainbow Dash had read Cupcakes. And the pain she experienced while reading it returned as she imagined herself having her wings cut off and the knife being jabbed into... ...(Wait, this is supposed to stay kid safe)... ...the... ...cake.... "Please, no! Her name is Navi, and she’s staying overnight at Fluttershy’s house! She’s not a parasprite, she a woodland fairy from Hyrule, or something! Please don’t hurt me!" The confession was over in under 5 seconds, bringing this tough rainbow-maned pegasus down into tears on the floor in front of a rather surprised Pinkie. (Luckily for Rainbow Dash, the store was empty except for the two of them.) The cupcake was not poisoned, it was the bribe she was going to use in case treats didn’t work. Pinkie had quit reading Cupcakes as soon as it described her basement, too disgusted by her own cutie mark attire to continue. "Thank you?" Pinkie wondered what Cupcakes said if it could bring Rainbow Dash to tears. Maybe she would finish reading it once this Navi parasprite situation was taken care of. She left for Rarity’s house to gather the instruments, leaving Rainbow Dash sprawling on the floor crying out of fear and resentment. Maybe she shouldn’t read Cupcakes, if it can do...that...out of mention of the horror story’s name. She sighed as she crossed the dimly lit street toward the boutique. Rarity’s house was locked, unfortunately due to it being about 7:30, and near winter, where Luna gets more moon-time. So instead Pinkie went back to Sugarcube Corner to close up shop. Rainbow Dash was still crying on the floor. “Dashie, it was just a story!” Rainbow snuffed up her tears and stood up, “I guess you’re right, *sniffle*, could you mind not mentioning this to the rest of the gang?” Pinkie rolled her eyes. She was getting tired of this. “Fine,” she lied, “I won’t tell anypony.” “Pinkie promise?” Dash confirmed. Pinkie gulped. She was trapped. She did the motions, “Cross my heart and hope to fly, stick a cupcake in my eye. Now, get out,” once again, completely losing her personality,”I need to close up shop.” Rainbow Dash cleaned up her tears before walking out the door. Wouldn’t want my reputation to be ruined, she thought to herself before flying out to her house. “What have I just done?” she scolded herself, then sighed, “Well, I might as well wait and see tomorrow.” She flew to her house of clouds to sleep the night away. “Ba ba ba-da ba ba ba ba ba-da-da da-da-da” Rainbow Dash awoke to the melody she knew as the parasprite polka. It was afternoon, but with all of the work she put in yesterday, she was allowed to sleep in as late as she wanted to. Glancing out her window she saw Pinkie heading down the path from Ponyville to the Everfree forest toward Fluttershy’s house. Why is Pinkie so assertive? She bolted out her door towards the crazy mare, hoping to catch her before she reached the cottage. She started walking in the 2 inches of snow to convince Pinkie to stop. Pinkie stopped midstride, the tuba losing its pitch as her lips failed to support her embouchure. Not due to Rainbow’s persistence, the sight Pinkie and Rainbow Dash just saw caused all loss of control in their legs. Earlier that day… “Hey! Listen! Fluttershy! Time to wake up!” Fluttershy sleepily opened her eyes. She turned in her bed and moaned. “Now? Can’t it wait till later?” she sounded almost like Rarity. Navi did the Sun song with her fairy music. Somehow, it seemed to effect the animals outside to be more awake. Which was bad, seeing as they were supposed to be hibernating. It also woke Fluttershy up, so she guessed it did its purpose. Fluttershy got out of bed and glared at Navi. There was not even a hint of sympathy, kindness, or even forgiveness in the glare, completely uncharacteristic of her. She shuffled over to the door and opened it to find a wooden box, about the size of her doorstep leaning against her mailbox, half-covered with snow. “Oh, my! I better get this out of the snow,” the shy, friendly character of Fluttershy returning. She rushed out and picked up the box. It was much lighter than she thought. Maybe it was a new table! She carted it inside and rushed back out to comfort the awakened animals. It took all morning to set all the animals back to sleep. It was early afternoon by the time she finally got inside to inspect her new package. She opened the cover to find a plank of…metal?...someone had molded into the shape of a purple heart. There were spines protruding from various places on the sides, one on each rounded portion of the heart, and four on each side on the bottom half. There were two brightly painted eyes that seemed to follow Fluttershy no matter which way she turned it. “Listen! That’s a mask!” Navi explained. “You put it on your face!” I must explain here that Navi was not in the game Majora’s Mask; therefore she would have no recollection of the evil mask, or any of that. In fact, Navi NOT being there was the entire point of the game. Also, according to the Majora’s Mask manga, the mask was crafted from the armor of an invincible beast, meaning it seemed like metal. Fluttershy hovered towards the two terrified ponies, obviously possessed by whatever was on her face. The mask, obviously not Fluttershy, laughed, “Is the power of Majora too much for you?” it asked as the mask started shaking. As Pinkie and Rainbow looked at it, they could not take their eyes off of it as the background behind it turned into a swirling mass of purple and yellow. They were knocked unconscious as the transformation began. 5: The TransformationNow you’re probably wondering about the end of the previous chapter with its hook ending and feeling of "Oh, no! What are they going to be turned into?" (and the title of this chapter really doesn’t help) Before we get into this, let me explain a little something about myself. I’ve been many things on my life. Student. Spy. Sacrifice. Potted plant. However, at this point, I’m something completely different from all of those - something more frightening than any of them. I’m a writer. You may have noticed I finish my chapters with a snappy sense of danger and tension - but then quickly end my chapter before you get the satisfying finish you were hoping for. Well, that’s because I wanted to prove something to you: that I am not a nice person. Would a nice person end such an exciting scene, then make you wait until I finish writing the next chapter to understand? Of course not. -paraphrased to fit the circumstance from Alcatraz (Smedry) versus the Evil Librarians And to further clarify my point, the chapter name was a complete troll. This chapter and the next will be about what was happening to Link during that time. Whump! Bam! Boom! Link awoke with a startle. He jerked up from his bed and, as an automatic mind reflex, he glanced around, looked for his sword and shield. They were laying up against the wall a few feet from his head, far enough away he would have to lunge out of bed. He flipped over and used his leg muscle to lunge out of bed with his arms outstreached and slipped his arm inside the shield, grabbing hold of the stiff wooden handle. In the same fluid motion, he grabbed and unsheathed his sword. Before long, he stood in an attack pose looking at... I'm going to interrupt here to tell you that I am going to make you very annoyed with me in the next two chapters. Let me italicize that properly: very annoyed. For example, I will stop in the middle of the action to explain things that you probably don't care about. Before long, he stood in an attack pose looking at Applejack hanging upside-down dangling from a rope. "Sorry to wake you, sugarcube. I was just tryin' to get those there apples outside off the ground and on into the barn," she chuckled, embarrassed. "I guess you can see how that turned out." Link smiled. It had been a long night with nightmares of his previous battle with Majora. It was strange, though. The battle seemed more similar to foreshadowing, except it was almost identical to the one that happened just a few days - days? - ago. It didn't seem like that long ago, but he would have said the exact same thing after seven years in the Chamber of Sages. He helped Applejack down and to get situated on her feet. These ponies are heavier than they look! Link mentally noted. He didn't know how long he would be here, so he should try to remember as much about this place (Equestra was it?) as he could. Again, you will be tired with me by the end of the next two chapters. This conversation? I will put what Applejack says without any indication what Link is saying. Muahahahahahehhaah! "Thanks, sugar." she started out the half open barn door. She poked her head back inside, an embarrassed grin on her face, "Oops! Sorry, I forgot. Would y'all like to come to breakfast? Big Macintosh made some fresh syrup just this mornin'." Non-angry author's note: I write Applejack's dialogue as if she pronounced everything perfectly. If you would prefer I write it as it would sound, I could do that. Ok, I'm angry at you again. Link stood there with his hand stroking his bristly chin. His answer was obvious, but, since there was no obvious danger yet, he could loosen up and mock Applejack practically rhetorical question. "Sure." Link responded. You probably think this brake in the story will explain why Link just spoke, or why I said Link wouldn't have dialogue when he did, or how Link had shaved his beard, or how Link ended up in the barn in the first place (although that one should be obvious). First off, I never said Link wouldn't have dialogue, it was just a strong implication. Secondly, I'm still angry at you, so I won't explain any of the rest of the questions. Applejack rolled her eyes and smiled an annoyed smile. "Alright, just help me get these here apples inside the barn." Breakfast was marvelous, even for Applejack standards. Link acted like he had never seen a pancake before, although he was from some other land, the name of which she had forgotten. It's not like it would be something that would be hard to get. Link often told of his adventures in the far away land against Ganondorf, the name striking a strange familiarity. Maybe somehow Ganondorf had ended up.... "My cloak needs some tailoring," Link's request interrupted Applejack's thoughts. It was probably for the better. She shouldn't be speculating. "Maybe Rarity can 'tailor' up your 'cloak'," she replied, mocking his ancient vocabulary. He talked like princess Luna, in the sense that his vocabulary wasn't exactly modern. Luckily for her, she didn't need to listen through 'thee's and 'thou's. "Rarity? What's her cutie mark?" "Three diamonds. Where did y'all hear that word?" she questioned, trying not to make it sound like a swear word. "Apple Bloom told me about the 'Cutie Mark Crusaders'." Duh! Applejack was surprised she had not thought of that earlier. She mentally facehoofed herself for that. "Is she a miner, then?" The question startled her, "Wha-no. No, a'course not," she chuckled at the two opposite personalities. "What gave you that idea." "Well, you and Big Mac are apple farmers with apple cutie marks, and Twili," as he had been calling her," has a sparkle cutie mark and is a student at a magic school," he explained, overemphasizing 'magic'. "Coincidences," time to bring out the big vocabulary, "Rarity's a seamstress." "What's that?" The new word obviously had no effect. "It means two things that happen at the same ti-" "I know what coincidence means," he said rolling his eyes, an annoyed smile on his lip. "What's a seamstress?" Obviously he had exited the hero-mode he had appeared in, and was now in casual, friendly-mode. "Oh, sorry sugarcube. Seamstress is somepony who sews for a livin'." Link moved his arm around to emphasize for her to keep explaining. "Somepony who stitches dresses?" His arm did the same thing, more emphatically this time. She thought for a moment before an evil smile crept across her mouth. "Somepony who 'tailors' up 'cloaks'." Three dresses designed special for a play in Fillydelphia. Three days left to finish them. That with this giant green 'cloak', as he...it?...had insisted she call it, would make her one busy mare. Sometimes being unable to say "no" as the Element of Generosity really stunk sometimes. "But Applejack, dear, couldn't some other pony fix it? I can't be the only seamstress in Ponyville." "Actually ya are." "Well, I'll get to it as soon as I'm done with these dresses. They're specially ordered for a play in–" "They look like a homeless pony's rags." "They're suppose to, darling." "Well, Link's trapped in that there shower room until you get it done." "Why is he trapped?" "I don't reckon I know. But he refuses to come out 'til they're done!" *sigh* "I'll get right on it." I suppose it's not fair being angry at you without giving you a reason why. Don't worry! All questions will be answered in the next chapter. Or at least most of it. Or at least some of them. Or at least one. You can hope at least one gets answered. Probably not though. Rarity was a master with the needle, as she called it. The sewing job took no time at all. Unfortunately, Link didn't want to reveal his...ahem...third leg, so he hid himself in the shower house until she was finished. I didn't take long, and it gave him some time to 'freshen up'. Riding on Applejack's back, he learned not to pull on the 'bridle' that would be her mane. They arrived at the library to waste the afternoon away. "Obviously there are no books written in Hyrulian," Link complained. He was an avid reader, but couldn't understand any of the Equestrian symbols. "Obviously," Twilight voice sounded sarcastic, despite her comment being completely serious. "Maybe there's a translation spell in here somewhere." She looked through her spell book. "Ugh! SPIIIIKE!" Spike entered into the room yawning. "Yes Twilight?" "I need a translation spell. So Link can read." He took the book, turned to the first page, then proceed to turn to somewhere near the middle, holding the open book up in front of Twilight. "Next time, check the table of contents before you wake me," he responded very monotonous. Twilight blushed. "Oops. You can go back to bed now," the situation getting awkward. Spike glared at her for a moment before heading upstairs. Link waited for him to have gone upstairs before laughing uproariously. Midway during his laugh, he got a terrible migraine, causing him to stop laughing. All of the figures on the wall started waving and changing. "It doesn't hurt as much if you close your eyes." He closed his eyes and everything calmed down. He felt...solemn. Then, in the distance, he spotted a small purple dot. It rapidly grew larger until his previous foe, Majora's Mask, stopped just inches from his face. Well, his metaphorical face. It laughed and shook as it did before his deku scrub experience. He felt a sharp pain in his leg. Then, he fell unconscious. 6: An Unrequested ReunionThis story now has an 'official' arrangement. Click here for it. I guess its only fair I explain myself. I'm giving these 'pre-chapter reading' exercises because my English teacher says it's good to read, and my stories are not exactly novel material. I guess its also because I promised longer chapter, and this is a way to cheat you guys out of a good story. Plus I'm not a nice person! Did the previous pre-chapter reading mean NOTHING to you? Oh, you wanted to know why I'm angry at you.... It's because... Link awoke, half expecting to be a deku scrub again. To his surprise, he was still human with a large circular welt on his leg. "How did that get there?" he thought aloud. "Sorry." Link turned to see Twilight standing there with one of her front leg doubled over the other in a manner that would be impossible for any horse back in Hyrule. "I was hoping to hoof you awake." "It's alright, suga'cube," he responded with a mock Applejack accent. His falsetto was terrible, failing him near the end. Twilight flinched. "Well," she coughed away the awkwardness, "let's have Spike make us dinner." Link looked out the window to find it was late twilight. He had always had a connection with the twilight, although he couldn't quite explain how or why. "I can cook." Although it was never seen in-game, he was a master chef. "Alright, you sure you know what your doing?" Unaware that he had never seen a stove before in his life. "Positive." The fireponies were barely able to stop the fire before it reached any books. Putting the library in a tree made of entirely flammable materiel was not the smartest choice the town had ever made. "Come on Twili!" Twilight glared at him. "Pleeeeease!" She turned away in a pouting motion. "I'm sorry!" "Oh, so its all better now?" "Well,..." "No. I still have no kitchen, and no bed." Her bedroom had also been burned, along with her bathroom. It was now just a collection of books. "There's nowhere else you could go? No one will let you sleep in their house?" Twilight flinched at 'no one', "First of all, if your going to be staying in Equestria, you have to say everypony. Secondly, I wouldn't NEED to stay somewhere else if it weren't for YOU!!" She was screaming at him by the end of her sentence. Link opened his mouth to argue, but was interrupted by an evil hackle behind him. A familiar hackle. He turned and grabbed for his sword, only to find he had left it in the now smoking tree. "Are you going to play fair this time?" the floating, yellow pegasi asked, possessed by the purple mask on her face. It continued to laugh and started shaking. "Fluttershy? Is that yo-" she was interrupted by Link grabbing her and running away. For those of you who haven't figured it out, it's when Link is in friendly/relaxation-mode that you get to hear what he says. He has now entered hero-mode, so his dialogue will not be typed. "What is your problem? That's Fluttershy!" she tried to reason with him while he ran. He said nothing as he ducked into an alleyway. Peaking around the corner he found the possessed pony, Fluttershy, as it was called, completely loosing interest in them. It would be back though. Majora was the kind of demon with a child's state of mind. The world is its toys, to be rid of when they've lost their use. It is completely oblivious to any pain or suffering it does. He needed his sword. Should he make a run for it or wait for Majora to leave, which could be never. Maybe he could- "What is your problem?" His thoughts were interrupted by Twilight. He shushed her quiet and explained the concept of Majora that is three paragraphs above this one. She folded her arms...front legs...and pouted, unable to argue with the logic, or lack thereof, in the situation. Link ignored her as he searched for the demon mask. It was nowhere to be found. "Your not gonna..." she stopped, expecting this insane being to evict her of her fear. He dashed for the burnt tree just as Twilight reached out her hoof to stop him herself. Turning around he still couldn't find Majora's Mask anywhere. He ignored his fear (he became quite good at that while saving Termina) and broke open the door. Just to be evil, I'm going to interrupt the story here to explain why I'm angry at you. It's because you guys don't comment on my chapters. I'm sorry for those of you who HAVE commented. I'm punishing the majority, and, well, I guess that's what you get for liking this weird Legend of Zelda/My Little Pony crossover. You know a picture is worth a thousand words? A comment is worth a thousand favorites. Well, not a thousand; a hundred maybe? No, maybe ten. The room inside smelled of burning peahats, although he was quite sure he was hallucinating, else substituting the smell for the closest thing in his mind. He quickly found his sword and, in a quick, fluid, well-practiced motion, rolled past, slipping himself though the hilt strap. He stood up and picked his shield off the ground. He heard that all-to-familiar laugh. Unsheathing his sword he turned, facing Majora's Mask, unattached to Flufferby, or whatever her name was. His tentacles were hanging out of his body...face?...the mask in a fashion similar to his fight back in Termina. "These ponies are no fun." I paused, laughing. "Hey! I know why don't you come to my house and play?" At that the tentacled mask looked up and started laughing, opening up a portal to the moon. This time, however, Link received no time to prepare himself, as he was sucked into the moon. Yes, INto the moon. That, however, will be explained a few chapters later. Just be happy you get this chapter this month. Once again, leave a comment below if you enjoyed it. This is turning into YouTube, isn't it. 7: The Transformation, For Real This TimeYou guys are awesome. 58 favorites and 78 comments (at the time of typing this), with 3 comments and 3 favorites on my song, and 3344 views across this and my song. I apologize for my childish behavior last chapter, but, seriously? I would rather have a comment that a favorite any day on my Musescore and this. And to be nice, I'll include any of Link dialogue in this chapter. ...Despite the fact this is about Pinkie and Rainbow Dash and Link's name may be mentioned only under dialouge. Rainbow Dash opened her eyes to the pink, fluffy tail of her party palooza pal (Try say that ten times fast.) lying on her face. It had snowed last night, so there was snow littering the ground and the two of them. What am I doing here? Memories of yesterday flooded back to her. She tried to organize her thoughts. Navi. Parasprite, no, not a parasprite. Cupcakes. She shuttered. Polka. Fluttershy. Possessed. Pinkie. PINKIE! "Pinkie!" She yelled, surprised at the low, gravelly stature of her voice. "Yes, Rainbow Dash?" Pinkie stood up and turned around. She screamed, "Ma-ma-MANTICORE!" Manticore? What? "What are you talking about?" Rainbow looked around to find they were the only ponies standing around. "Rainbow Dash? Is that you? What are you doing in a manticore costume? It looks so realistic too." Terror struck Rainbow as she looked down at her dark brown, furry body. Spreading out her wings, she found they where more bat like. She stood up and was surprised to find her entire structure was changed. Her bones were no longer hollow. Her hooves were now paws and, for the first time, felt the ground beneath her. Then a thought appeared to her. "Why are you still a pony?" "I'm Pinkie Pie, silly!" "Wha- How? Right. Pinkie." That would have to do, for now. Meanwhile they must save Fluttershy. "Come on Pinks lets go do this thing." "Okay-dokey-lokey-smokey then!" How she could be so energetic with her polka instruments tied around herself was beyond Rainbow. "K, I think she headed towards Ponyville." "Lead the way, McDuff." "McDuff?" But Pinkie was already on her way towards Ponyville, playing a Old McDonald on her instruments, for no apparent reason. Rainbow soon followed in confusion. You may be asking yourself: Why is this chapter so late? What do you mean? Is it really late, or are you just early? Exactly. "Excuse the awful mess. My little sister had her friends over, and-" "I, Photo Finish, do not care about your pity problems. Are my dresses finished?" "Uh, yes. Yes! Here they are! I think you will be most pleased." Rarity pulled a rope, revealing a bright pink dress with a large, poofy skirt. It was decorated with bright red rubies, seeing as gems were Rarity's 'thing'. "They good. I go now." and with that she called for her slaves to carry her away. Rarity pulled the curtain closed with her magic and was just about to start cleaning up the mess, when she heard a high pitched, German scream, causing Rarity to chuckle and turn around to see a terrified Photo Finish rush in, look around, and race into Rarity's changing room. She heard the door lock behind the distraught fashionesta. After staring at the lock door for a couple seconds, she chuckled, then laughed outright. Well, as much as a lady would. But what would have caused Photo to act like this? Creeping around the corner, she spotted the tentacled mask tormenting Photo's slave ponies. Rarity's mouth hung open in amazement and fear. She had to do something. Looking around the shop she got one of the stupidest ideas she had ever gotten. For all your hard work commenting, I will skip to the action instead of annoying you with a cut to something else. "Stop you fiend!" Rarity scream. Majora turned to see a pile of buckets, baking sheets, and other metal items with a broom levitating in a light blue light. Must be another futile attempt at beating me. He let out an evil hackle. "Come to play?" the mask asked. "Uh, yes? I believe I have, you gruffian." She was just buying time until they had escaped. The demon laughed. "I just wanted to play!" Rarity cringed. He was like a demonic Pinkie. "Uh, okay. Why don't you go play over there." That usually got rid of Pinkie. "Do you not like me? Can't I play with you?" "What do you want to play?" She was scared of the possibilities. "I don't like you. You ask too many questions." At that he started shaking. Rarity noticed Photo's servants were gone, so she rushed into the boutique before she was transformed. Majora, luckily didn't care enough to follow, so he headed toward the library, which she just now noticed was smoking. She ran over to the phone to call the fireponies. I need more time to think of the next part, and a new chapter is waaaay overdue, so I guess I'll have to leave it here. I guess it's a short chapter. Next chapter will have the fight between Link and Majora. Maybe even some Pinkie and her new manticore friend. Once again, I'm sorry for the short chapter. Leave a comment with suggestions for the fight. And click that green thumbs up if you are enjoying the story so far. You know you waaant toooo.
Intro: Our Story Begins“You guys...You hadn’t forgotten about me? You still thought of me as your friend?” A mysterious voice begins, not a My Little Pony fanfic, not a Legend of Zelda game, but a true story. He bows his head in shame. The response to his question was a familiar song sung by four giants as they walked in four different directions. The scarecrow like man turns and looks at the young boy who had just defeated the evil force that had taken control of his body and spirit. “Did you...Did you save me? I thought they didn’t want to be friends with me …” he said, looking in the direction one of the giants went. “But...They hadn’t forgotten about me...Friends are a nice thing to have....” He mustered a slight giggle. “Could you be my friend too?” he asks. Skull kid, as he was called, then waddles over to the green clad hero, smells him, and laughs. “You have the same smell as the fairy kid who taught me that song in the woods...I know, I know! Let’s do something!” He is interrupted by a confusing man holding a colorful mask. “Oh...So the evil has left the mask after all...Well, now...I finally have it back. Since I am in the midst of my travels...I must bid you farewell. Shouldn’t you be returning home as well? Whenever there is a meeting, a parting is sure to follow. However, that parting need not last forever. Whether a parting be forever or merely for a short time...That is up to you. With that, please excuse me...” He begins to walk away and then, mid stride, vanishes into thin air, carrying the same spirit, in the form of a mask, which caused this havoc. After he had vanished a woodland fairy, Tatl, attempts a good - by, “Well, both of us have gotten what we were after...So this is where you and I part ways isn’t it? You know...it was kind of fun. Well...it’s almost time for the Carnival of Time to begin...So, why don’t you just leave and go about your business? The rest of us have a carnival to go to.” The hero jumps on his horse and rides towards home into the rising sun. “LINK!” the woodland fairy shouts. The hero, known as Link, did not break his gallop. He must find Navi, his own fairy. “Thank you.” Somehow, Navi has found her way into the bustling town square of Ponyville, which is in mid-rampage on a parasprite infestation. Navi is confused by all of these … fairies? They did not have the glowing aurora she herself possessed, yet they looked identical otherwise. She had seen colored fairies, but they all glowed. Every time she attempted to talk to anyone, even a pony (which seemed her only option), they would scream in terror, as if her herself were one of these abomination to fairy kind, whatever they were. That’s when she heard a song coming from behind her. She turned to see a pink pony with one of the craziest hair style she had ever seen playing what appeared to be a tuba, accordion, banjo, harmonica, and other instruments she could not see. She noticed the colorful flying balls bouncing behind the pony to the beat of the music. She would never stoop to that level, so she hind in a dark alley until the music faded into the distance. Hoping that after they were gone, everyone would calm down enough to explain the situation.
1: Link and ApplejackPonyville had just recovered from the recent parasprite encounter, and Applejack had just gone out into the Everfree Forest to get a special blend of cinnamon from Zecora for her trademark applesauce. On her way there she heard a slight moaning from somewhere within the thick foliage. Curiosity got the best of her and, peaking through the foliage, she saw the limp body of a human clad in green. She was so worried for the man, as she has heard him called in sci-fi book she had read. She was sure it was docile, and he was unconscious anyhow. With a surprised look on her face she rushed over and picked him up on her back. Looking him over, she could not find any cut or other injury. She wondered how he had ended up unconscious. She quickly rushed the body to the hospital. She noticed he had a sword with a bluish-purplish hilt in a peculiar bird-like fashion similar to his shield, which was more obviously a bird pointing to symbol made up of three golden triangles arranged in a pattern of another triangle: Link awoke to the sounds of beeping. He did not recognize anything, but it all seemed so high tech. Much higher than the Medieval technology of Hyrule. He could not see any people, and there appeared to be horses of different colors lying across the beds. Confusion arose as he jumped out of bed. Nothing hurt and the last thing he remembered was heading back into the Termanian forest in search of Navi. Now he’s in the hospital. He saw his sword, shield and ocarina laying beside his bed. As he suited up, an orange pony with a light gray-olive mane walked through the doorway. "Howdy!" greeted Applejack. Being the best pony, she obviously should get the first pony speaking part. Link swiveled and drew his sword and shield in a very fluid motion and stood in his attack position toward this... talking horse. "Whoa, Nelly! Settle down, partner! I don’t mean ya no harm." Link slowly sheathed his sword. She didn’t seem like a threat. He was familiar with talking to horses. While a wolf (in Twilight Princess), he had tried to talk to Epona, but this one seemed...friendlier. Epona had always been, "Link... Hurry up and return to your true self..." as if being able to talk to him was completely unimportant, even unwanted. He wondered how he knew that, seeing as he himself didn’t ever do that. Maybe he remembers some of his’ alternate selves, as he often does. (For your sanity as well as mine, I will include what Link is saying here, even though usually you, as someone not in the story, should not be able to hear / read what he is saying.) "I’m Link of Hyrule." "You’re Link, huh?" she replied. ”Well, howdy-doo-dee! I’m Applejack! Pleased to meet you." She reached out her hoof and Link slowly, cautiously knelt down, reached out, and shook it like he would a hand, grasping around it and shaking it upside down. It felt weird shaking hooves instead of hands. Applejack seemed equally confused, but didn’t say anything. Also most of these ponies came up to his lower ribs, so he has to duck whenever he goes through doorways. ”What’s this place you speak of, Hyrule?” Applejack questioned. “This here is Ponyville. Is Hyrule somewhere in Equestria?" Link shook his head. ”Hyrule is a land entirely different; Populated with human such as myself." Applejack looked confused. She pondered this for a moment before giving up. ”Twilight will know about this. She knows about everything is seems. Common! Follow me." "I’m not going to ride you?" Link looked expectantly and slightly confused at the blonde mare. Applejack was even more confused, "Do... do you want to?" "Well we usually do where I’m from." Reluctantly Applejack agreed. It felt more natural than she thought it would, having someone riding on her back. Link seemed as though he was in control of her motions, tugging on her mane like it was a bridle. Every corner she rounded, he tugged on her braids. Unfortunately the hospital was at the other end of town from the library, so there was a long way to go.
2: Hero of Time?Applejack slowed to a trot. Our green clad hero, Link, wasn’t heavy, the apple buckets on the farm were heavier than him. She slowed because her mane hurt from his constant tugging every time she rounded a turn. It’s also much easier to make conversation in a trot instead of a full run. “So what’s it like in Hyrule? It sounds like a dandy place!” Being the audience, you don’t hear what he said. Just know he tells of his story. The story we know as Ocarina of Time. Applejack was astounded by the concept of another universe.”Hold on now Sally! Chosen hero of the Goddesses? Sounds a bit fishy to me ,”she mustered a chuckle.”Then again if you would’ve said I represent the Element of Honesty, I would have called ya crazy!” Obviously Link questioned what the Element of Honesty was, and before long Applejack was telling Link the story of Nightmare Moon and the Elements of Harmony. She also talked about the other major events up to episode 10 (Swarm of the Century), which had just happened about a month ago. Meanwhile, Navi, still hiding in the alleyway did, in fact, hear Link revelation and flew into the streets upon hearing his voice.”Hey! Hey!”she shouted hoping to get his attention. She could only see the distraught faces of the ponies upon seeing another parasprite. She knew Link was in this town, and she was going to find him! Unfortunately, Navi had hidden in the alleyway across the street from Sugarcube Corner. Pinkie had been the first to see the glowing light emerge out into the streets and was quickly on her way to gather the necessary instruments. While talking to Link, Applejack had turned her head and crashed into the library in classic MLP humor. She knocked on the door and was responded by, “It’s open!” the terrified voice of Twilight replied. The reference to entering into a tree is too obvious, completely removing all humor from the situation. This is SERIOUS STUFF PEOPLE! This is no fanfic, nor is this a video game, this is REAL LIFE MAN!... ... I’m still in control of the story though, and I say the reason Twilight nor Spike came to the door was because the tree was infested by a giant spider, about the size of two ponies. (see what I did there? entering tree, giant spider. lol) “You tell him Link!” Applejack yelled as support. Link reached for his adventure pack and pulled out his slingshot. He quickly shot the spider’s one, giant, bulging eye.... It immediately died in a puff of purple smoke. Link stood there staring at the lack of spider. Honestly, Link expected more of a fight, at least a more rewarding death, but this was no video game. Oh, well. Twilight tried to thank him, but it was hard to thank a creature which you had only heard of in video games. At least she knew he spoke Equestrian (which is the same as Hyrulian). “Thanks for, uh, saving Spike and me from that horrible spider. My name is Twilight Sparkle. I am here researching friendship for my mentor, Princess Celestia." Link introduced himself and Applejack excused Twilight into the other room to explain the situation. Link casually walked outside to catch some fresh air. What is going on ? Fine, I’ll let you read his thoughts. Must be a mission from the Goddesses. Navi would know. His attempt to call for Navi obviously failed. He heard a happy polka beat and felt better knowing the townsponies were happier than himself. If only Navi were here with him. Navi, meanwhile wished Link was with her too. The rest of the ponies had run away and hidden, but this pink one expected her to stoop to the level of those detestations, those parasprites, as she herself had been called. Link would be able to stop her. She sighed, “I’ll never find Link at this rate!” That’s when she heard a familiar voice calling. Navi tried focusing on where Link voice was coming from but couldn’t concentrate on it enough to hear it over Pinkie’s accordion. She just wanted to get away from that band on hooves. She soon found herself that she had flown high enough she couldn’t hear the melody, although still able to hear the beat of the tuba and cymbals, but still could not locate the sound of Link’s voice. It was getting dark, and she needed a place to rest. Creepy dark alleyways are harder to sleep in than you would think. She bumped into a cloud. She looked surprised. I feel I should break here to explain Navi’s surprise. In Hyrule, the clouds were what the clouds are here on Earth: water vapor. When I say she bumped INTO a cloud I mean the cloud stopped her from continuing forward. She never thought about sleeping in a cloud, but it will do. So she carved out a little cave and a bed and dosed off to sleep. She wanted to find Link but was too tired to keep looking, and her moral was low due to that blasted polka. Navi noticed the beat had stopped. “She must have given up. Maybe now...(yawn)... I can... get... some... slee...,” her sentence was cut off by her own snoring.
3: Navi and the Pegasus“There is no cover art," Rainbow Dash comments. “Why don‘t you put one on?” “I have put on a blank cover," I pause for the rimshot, “does that make you happy?" “Why don’t you just draw it yourself?" Twilight rolls her eyes, obviously unamused at the rimshot. “I can’t draw." “I think you should ask your fans, you know, if they want, to submit some cover art," Fluttershy asks. “Alright, you heard her, if you can draw, why don’t you submit some cover art? I am looking for hand drawn (on paper or Microsoft Paint), but some edited pics couldn’t hu-" “Why not that pic of me and Link, sugar cube?" Applejack interrupts. “Because that’s my profile pic." “I don’t see anything wrong with it," grumbles Applejack. I grunt. “Anyway, why not submit some? It couldn’t hurt." Rainbow Dash turned in her bed and looked out the window. The sun has been down for over an hour now! What was that light glowing out her window? She reluctantly crawled out of bed. She had been up all night preparing for the upcoming winter. And regretting the Winter Wrap up soon afterwards. Princess Celestia may change the temperature of the seasons, but Rainbow Dash, as head of the weather ponies, is in charge making sure the snow falls when it’s supposed to. She needed rest to set up the snow clouds, and she wasn’t going to waste her energy flying when she didn’t have to. So she stuck to walking until she got underneath her window and spotted where the mysterious light was emitting from. As she pulled out her wings, pain spread along her humorous. She would not be able to fly tonight, so instead she started hoofing into the cloud below her, hoping, somehow, she would find what the mysterious light was. Navi’s search had finally paid off! There was Link! “Hey! Listen!" she yelled at him. He turned at the sound of her voice and they started running (or flying) in slow motion towards each other. The town turned into a daisy field as they grew nearer. That’s when everything went wrong, an earthquake happened and a trench engulfed Link. Navi flew over to attempt to save him when she awoke from her slumber. The cloud around her was shaking. “Hey! Knock it off!" she yelled. The digging stopped. There was a few seconds of silence. “Hello?" a surprised, timid voice responded, obviously not expecting a response. The timidness was quickly revoked, " What’s the idea with your ...," the voice was obviously looking for the right word. Navi flew out of her cave to see a blue pony with a rainbow of colors as her mane. “Hello! I am Navi!" “I’m ..." the pony took a step back,” I’m Rainbow Dash." Obviously this one thought she was a parasprite too and was surprised she had talked. She soon put on a tough girl act, “I thought Pinkie got rid of all of you." Navi would have rolled her eyes, except she has no eyes, “Listen! I’m not a parasprite! I am Navi, a woodland fairy sent to protect Link of Hyrule on the death wish of the Great Deku Tree!" “Alright," Rainbow Dash responded, forgetting she was talking to an assumed parasprite. “I don’t know anything about Link, or Hyrule, or any of that. All I know am I wanted to get some sleep. So if you wouldn’t mind turning off your...uh ... body. I would like to go to bed. I have to move in the clouds for winter tomorrow, and my wing is sore," she stretched out and started rubbing her wing. Navi had forgotten to turn down her aurora (they can do that you know). She apologized and explained how she got there (I’m too lazy to write that, and you know it already) and demonstrated that she could tone down the light. “Sorry to wake you, Navi. Would you like to sleep inside? As long as you turn off your light!" They both started laughing as they went inside. Fluttershy awoke all too late. Usually it was ok if she slept in later than normal, but with the upcoming winter, she had to prepare nests and feed the hibernating creatures. Luckily the migrating birds and such had left earlier that week, but it was still a lot of work. She rushed out of bed and started by picking the lettuce and other assorted vegetables. While she worked, she practiced her duo with Rarity she had during the song they always did while cleaning up after winter. " We wake up all their sleepy heads. So quietly and nice! " She hoped Twilight could have a solo this year. "Winter Wrap Up! Winter Wrap Up! " She held the ’u’ in Up . " Let’s finish our holiday cheer! " Rainbow Dash filled in. Her wings were rejuvenated from her night’s sleep, or what little sleep she got, and she was flying in the sky above the vegetable patch. Fluttershy jumped out of surprise. “Oh, hello Rainbow Dash! How wonderful you came to help!" “Uh, well, not exactly," Rainbow Dash rubbed her neck. “See I came to show you Navi." Immediately after Navi flew out of Rainbow Dash‘s multicolored mane, Fluttershy screamed and zip-lined in through her door (Navi, might I add was surprised ponies could move so fast; You can‘t even see them move!). Navi heard the lock mechanism latch and sighed. “Listen! I don’t think we can convince her to come out." “Nonsense! I'll to talk to her." Rainbow landed near the door and hoofed into it twice. “Go away!" Fluttershy yelled, more violently than normal. Ever since she stood up to that dragon a few months earlier, she has not been quite as quiet and timid. “Fluttershy, Navi’s not a parasprite!" Rainbow dash replied. “She’s a woodland fairy; From some other land other than Equestria." The door unlocked and opened just enough for Fluttershy to peek through. “So, she won’t eats my garden?" “No," Rainbow looked caringly at Fluttershy. “Alright," Fluttershy started to open the door timidly, as if she didn’t entirely believe him, then closed it again. “Will she eat anything else?" “No," Rainbow Dash rolled her eyes. Fluttershy emerged from her house eying Navi suspiciously. “This one glow I guess," Fluttershy reconciled herself. Obviously, she was still suspecting Navi to be a parasprite, but, after a few minutes of chit - chat, Fluttershy had warmed up to Navi and soon had asked her to help around the yard of hungry animals. Navi‘s job was waking up and calling the animals to be fed because Fluttershy still didn’t quite trust her around food. She definitely had the voice for it. “Hey! Listen!" she would call to them. “Time to eat!" Before long, all the animals were fed and playing in Fluttershy‘s massive yard. Rainbow Dash had been moving in snow clouds to be all day, completely unaware of the friendship between Fluttershy and Navi. So when she arrived to take Navi back home with her, she was surprised when Fluttershy asked if Navi could stay with her over night, and maybe even help her tomorrow morning with the final hibernators. Rainbow Dash sighed in defeat (not that she had fought), she let Fluttershy keep Navi overnight. Instead of going straight back home, she decided to go to Sugarcube Corner for a cup of milk, and maybe even make some light conversation with her favorite prankster, but she would have to talk lightly about Navi. At the mention of a parasprite, Pinkie would march over to Fluttershy‘s house with her ensemble of instruments, and do nothing but annoy Fluttershy and Navi and even the animals in the yard. “Where’s the parasprite?" was the immediate response as soon Rainbow Dash stepped up to the counter.
4: The Horror of Cupcakes"Let’s not read this one," Rainbow invites. "No, I like this chapter. You will read it and enjoy it too!" Pinkie stops any other pre - chapter reading. "Whaa – what parasprite?" Rainbow Dash answered. She tried changing the subject, "Ca - can I get some milk?" "No milk until you tell me where it is." Pinkie Pie’s glare was uncharacteristic of her normal happy-peppy self. Was everypony turning into chaotic alter egos? Pinkie turned to inspect her hoof, nonchalantly, "Ever read the story Cupcakes?" She slammed her hoof into the counter separating her and Rainbow Dash. Rainbow Dash’s eyes grew wider in fear as Pinkie pulled a brown cupcake with dark purple icing out from underneath the counter. Yes, Rainbow Dash had read Cupcakes. And the pain she experienced while reading it returned as she imagined herself having her wings cut off and the knife being jabbed into... ...(Wait, this is supposed to stay kid safe)... ...the... ...cake.... "Please, no! Her name is Navi, and she’s staying overnight at Fluttershy’s house! She’s not a parasprite, she a woodland fairy from Hyrule, or something! Please don’t hurt me!" The confession was over in under 5 seconds, bringing this tough rainbow-maned pegasus down into tears on the floor in front of a rather surprised Pinkie. (Luckily for Rainbow Dash, the store was empty except for the two of them.) The cupcake was not poisoned, it was the bribe she was going to use in case treats didn’t work. Pinkie had quit reading Cupcakes as soon as it described her basement, too disgusted by her own cutie mark attire to continue. "Thank you?" Pinkie wondered what Cupcakes said if it could bring Rainbow Dash to tears. Maybe she would finish reading it once this Navi parasprite situation was taken care of. She left for Rarity’s house to gather the instruments, leaving Rainbow Dash sprawling on the floor crying out of fear and resentment. Maybe she shouldn’t read Cupcakes, if it can do...that...out of mention of the horror story’s name. She sighed as she crossed the dimly lit street toward the boutique. Rarity’s house was locked, unfortunately due to it being about 7:30, and near winter, where Luna gets more moon-time. So instead Pinkie went back to Sugarcube Corner to close up shop. Rainbow Dash was still crying on the floor. “Dashie, it was just a story!” Rainbow snuffed up her tears and stood up, “I guess you’re right, *sniffle*, could you mind not mentioning this to the rest of the gang?” Pinkie rolled her eyes. She was getting tired of this. “Fine,” she lied, “I won’t tell anypony.” “Pinkie promise?” Dash confirmed. Pinkie gulped. She was trapped. She did the motions, “Cross my heart and hope to fly, stick a cupcake in my eye. Now, get out,” once again, completely losing her personality,”I need to close up shop.” Rainbow Dash cleaned up her tears before walking out the door. Wouldn’t want my reputation to be ruined, she thought to herself before flying out to her house. “What have I just done?” she scolded herself, then sighed, “Well, I might as well wait and see tomorrow.” She flew to her house of clouds to sleep the night away. “Ba ba ba-da ba ba ba ba ba-da-da da-da-da” Rainbow Dash awoke to the melody she knew as the parasprite polka. It was afternoon, but with all of the work she put in yesterday, she was allowed to sleep in as late as she wanted to. Glancing out her window she saw Pinkie heading down the path from Ponyville to the Everfree forest toward Fluttershy’s house. Why is Pinkie so assertive? She bolted out her door towards the crazy mare, hoping to catch her before she reached the cottage. She started walking in the 2 inches of snow to convince Pinkie to stop. Pinkie stopped midstride, the tuba losing its pitch as her lips failed to support her embouchure. Not due to Rainbow’s persistence, the sight Pinkie and Rainbow Dash just saw caused all loss of control in their legs. Earlier that day… “Hey! Listen! Fluttershy! Time to wake up!” Fluttershy sleepily opened her eyes. She turned in her bed and moaned. “Now? Can’t it wait till later?” she sounded almost like Rarity. Navi did the Sun song with her fairy music. Somehow, it seemed to effect the animals outside to be more awake. Which was bad, seeing as they were supposed to be hibernating. It also woke Fluttershy up, so she guessed it did its purpose. Fluttershy got out of bed and glared at Navi. There was not even a hint of sympathy, kindness, or even forgiveness in the glare, completely uncharacteristic of her. She shuffled over to the door and opened it to find a wooden box, about the size of her doorstep leaning against her mailbox, half-covered with snow. “Oh, my! I better get this out of the snow,” the shy, friendly character of Fluttershy returning. She rushed out and picked up the box. It was much lighter than she thought. Maybe it was a new table! She carted it inside and rushed back out to comfort the awakened animals. It took all morning to set all the animals back to sleep. It was early afternoon by the time she finally got inside to inspect her new package. She opened the cover to find a plank of…metal?...someone had molded into the shape of a purple heart. There were spines protruding from various places on the sides, one on each rounded portion of the heart, and four on each side on the bottom half. There were two brightly painted eyes that seemed to follow Fluttershy no matter which way she turned it. “Listen! That’s a mask!” Navi explained. “You put it on your face!” I must explain here that Navi was not in the game Majora’s Mask; therefore she would have no recollection of the evil mask, or any of that. In fact, Navi NOT being there was the entire point of the game. Also, according to the Majora’s Mask manga, the mask was crafted from the armor of an invincible beast, meaning it seemed like metal. Fluttershy hovered towards the two terrified ponies, obviously possessed by whatever was on her face. The mask, obviously not Fluttershy, laughed, “Is the power of Majora too much for you?” it asked as the mask started shaking. As Pinkie and Rainbow looked at it, they could not take their eyes off of it as the background behind it turned into a swirling mass of purple and yellow. They were knocked unconscious as the transformation began.
5: The TransformationNow you’re probably wondering about the end of the previous chapter with its hook ending and feeling of "Oh, no! What are they going to be turned into?" (and the title of this chapter really doesn’t help) Before we get into this, let me explain a little something about myself. I’ve been many things on my life. Student. Spy. Sacrifice. Potted plant. However, at this point, I’m something completely different from all of those - something more frightening than any of them. I’m a writer. You may have noticed I finish my chapters with a snappy sense of danger and tension - but then quickly end my chapter before you get the satisfying finish you were hoping for. Well, that’s because I wanted to prove something to you: that I am not a nice person. Would a nice person end such an exciting scene, then make you wait until I finish writing the next chapter to understand? Of course not. -paraphrased to fit the circumstance from Alcatraz (Smedry) versus the Evil Librarians And to further clarify my point, the chapter name was a complete troll. This chapter and the next will be about what was happening to Link during that time. Whump! Bam! Boom! Link awoke with a startle. He jerked up from his bed and, as an automatic mind reflex, he glanced around, looked for his sword and shield. They were laying up against the wall a few feet from his head, far enough away he would have to lunge out of bed. He flipped over and used his leg muscle to lunge out of bed with his arms outstreached and slipped his arm inside the shield, grabbing hold of the stiff wooden handle. In the same fluid motion, he grabbed and unsheathed his sword. Before long, he stood in an attack pose looking at... I'm going to interrupt here to tell you that I am going to make you very annoyed with me in the next two chapters. Let me italicize that properly: very annoyed. For example, I will stop in the middle of the action to explain things that you probably don't care about. Before long, he stood in an attack pose looking at Applejack hanging upside-down dangling from a rope. "Sorry to wake you, sugarcube. I was just tryin' to get those there apples outside off the ground and on into the barn," she chuckled, embarrassed. "I guess you can see how that turned out." Link smiled. It had been a long night with nightmares of his previous battle with Majora. It was strange, though. The battle seemed more similar to foreshadowing, except it was almost identical to the one that happened just a few days - days? - ago. It didn't seem like that long ago, but he would have said the exact same thing after seven years in the Chamber of Sages. He helped Applejack down and to get situated on her feet. These ponies are heavier than they look! Link mentally noted. He didn't know how long he would be here, so he should try to remember as much about this place (Equestra was it?) as he could. Again, you will be tired with me by the end of the next two chapters. This conversation? I will put what Applejack says without any indication what Link is saying. Muahahahahahehhaah! "Thanks, sugar." she started out the half open barn door. She poked her head back inside, an embarrassed grin on her face, "Oops! Sorry, I forgot. Would y'all like to come to breakfast? Big Macintosh made some fresh syrup just this mornin'." Non-angry author's note: I write Applejack's dialogue as if she pronounced everything perfectly. If you would prefer I write it as it would sound, I could do that. Ok, I'm angry at you again. Link stood there with his hand stroking his bristly chin. His answer was obvious, but, since there was no obvious danger yet, he could loosen up and mock Applejack practically rhetorical question. "Sure." Link responded. You probably think this brake in the story will explain why Link just spoke, or why I said Link wouldn't have dialogue when he did, or how Link had shaved his beard, or how Link ended up in the barn in the first place (although that one should be obvious). First off, I never said Link wouldn't have dialogue, it was just a strong implication. Secondly, I'm still angry at you, so I won't explain any of the rest of the questions. Applejack rolled her eyes and smiled an annoyed smile. "Alright, just help me get these here apples inside the barn." Breakfast was marvelous, even for Applejack standards. Link acted like he had never seen a pancake before, although he was from some other land, the name of which she had forgotten. It's not like it would be something that would be hard to get. Link often told of his adventures in the far away land against Ganondorf, the name striking a strange familiarity. Maybe somehow Ganondorf had ended up.... "My cloak needs some tailoring," Link's request interrupted Applejack's thoughts. It was probably for the better. She shouldn't be speculating. "Maybe Rarity can 'tailor' up your 'cloak'," she replied, mocking his ancient vocabulary. He talked like princess Luna, in the sense that his vocabulary wasn't exactly modern. Luckily for her, she didn't need to listen through 'thee's and 'thou's. "Rarity? What's her cutie mark?" "Three diamonds. Where did y'all hear that word?" she questioned, trying not to make it sound like a swear word. "Apple Bloom told me about the 'Cutie Mark Crusaders'." Duh! Applejack was surprised she had not thought of that earlier. She mentally facehoofed herself for that. "Is she a miner, then?" The question startled her, "Wha-no. No, a'course not," she chuckled at the two opposite personalities. "What gave you that idea." "Well, you and Big Mac are apple farmers with apple cutie marks, and Twili," as he had been calling her," has a sparkle cutie mark and is a student at a magic school," he explained, overemphasizing 'magic'. "Coincidences," time to bring out the big vocabulary, "Rarity's a seamstress." "What's that?" The new word obviously had no effect. "It means two things that happen at the same ti-" "I know what coincidence means," he said rolling his eyes, an annoyed smile on his lip. "What's a seamstress?" Obviously he had exited the hero-mode he had appeared in, and was now in casual, friendly-mode. "Oh, sorry sugarcube. Seamstress is somepony who sews for a livin'." Link moved his arm around to emphasize for her to keep explaining. "Somepony who stitches dresses?" His arm did the same thing, more emphatically this time. She thought for a moment before an evil smile crept across her mouth. "Somepony who 'tailors' up 'cloaks'." Three dresses designed special for a play in Fillydelphia. Three days left to finish them. That with this giant green 'cloak', as he...it?...had insisted she call it, would make her one busy mare. Sometimes being unable to say "no" as the Element of Generosity really stunk sometimes. "But Applejack, dear, couldn't some other pony fix it? I can't be the only seamstress in Ponyville." "Actually ya are." "Well, I'll get to it as soon as I'm done with these dresses. They're specially ordered for a play in–" "They look like a homeless pony's rags." "They're suppose to, darling." "Well, Link's trapped in that there shower room until you get it done." "Why is he trapped?" "I don't reckon I know. But he refuses to come out 'til they're done!" *sigh* "I'll get right on it." I suppose it's not fair being angry at you without giving you a reason why. Don't worry! All questions will be answered in the next chapter. Or at least most of it. Or at least some of them. Or at least one. You can hope at least one gets answered. Probably not though. Rarity was a master with the needle, as she called it. The sewing job took no time at all. Unfortunately, Link didn't want to reveal his...ahem...third leg, so he hid himself in the shower house until she was finished. I didn't take long, and it gave him some time to 'freshen up'. Riding on Applejack's back, he learned not to pull on the 'bridle' that would be her mane. They arrived at the library to waste the afternoon away. "Obviously there are no books written in Hyrulian," Link complained. He was an avid reader, but couldn't understand any of the Equestrian symbols. "Obviously," Twilight voice sounded sarcastic, despite her comment being completely serious. "Maybe there's a translation spell in here somewhere." She looked through her spell book. "Ugh! SPIIIIKE!" Spike entered into the room yawning. "Yes Twilight?" "I need a translation spell. So Link can read." He took the book, turned to the first page, then proceed to turn to somewhere near the middle, holding the open book up in front of Twilight. "Next time, check the table of contents before you wake me," he responded very monotonous. Twilight blushed. "Oops. You can go back to bed now," the situation getting awkward. Spike glared at her for a moment before heading upstairs. Link waited for him to have gone upstairs before laughing uproariously. Midway during his laugh, he got a terrible migraine, causing him to stop laughing. All of the figures on the wall started waving and changing. "It doesn't hurt as much if you close your eyes." He closed his eyes and everything calmed down. He felt...solemn. Then, in the distance, he spotted a small purple dot. It rapidly grew larger until his previous foe, Majora's Mask, stopped just inches from his face. Well, his metaphorical face. It laughed and shook as it did before his deku scrub experience. He felt a sharp pain in his leg. Then, he fell unconscious.
6: An Unrequested ReunionThis story now has an 'official' arrangement. Click here for it. I guess its only fair I explain myself. I'm giving these 'pre-chapter reading' exercises because my English teacher says it's good to read, and my stories are not exactly novel material. I guess its also because I promised longer chapter, and this is a way to cheat you guys out of a good story. Plus I'm not a nice person! Did the previous pre-chapter reading mean NOTHING to you? Oh, you wanted to know why I'm angry at you.... It's because... Link awoke, half expecting to be a deku scrub again. To his surprise, he was still human with a large circular welt on his leg. "How did that get there?" he thought aloud. "Sorry." Link turned to see Twilight standing there with one of her front leg doubled over the other in a manner that would be impossible for any horse back in Hyrule. "I was hoping to hoof you awake." "It's alright, suga'cube," he responded with a mock Applejack accent. His falsetto was terrible, failing him near the end. Twilight flinched. "Well," she coughed away the awkwardness, "let's have Spike make us dinner." Link looked out the window to find it was late twilight. He had always had a connection with the twilight, although he couldn't quite explain how or why. "I can cook." Although it was never seen in-game, he was a master chef. "Alright, you sure you know what your doing?" Unaware that he had never seen a stove before in his life. "Positive." The fireponies were barely able to stop the fire before it reached any books. Putting the library in a tree made of entirely flammable materiel was not the smartest choice the town had ever made. "Come on Twili!" Twilight glared at him. "Pleeeeease!" She turned away in a pouting motion. "I'm sorry!" "Oh, so its all better now?" "Well,..." "No. I still have no kitchen, and no bed." Her bedroom had also been burned, along with her bathroom. It was now just a collection of books. "There's nowhere else you could go? No one will let you sleep in their house?" Twilight flinched at 'no one', "First of all, if your going to be staying in Equestria, you have to say everypony. Secondly, I wouldn't NEED to stay somewhere else if it weren't for YOU!!" She was screaming at him by the end of her sentence. Link opened his mouth to argue, but was interrupted by an evil hackle behind him. A familiar hackle. He turned and grabbed for his sword, only to find he had left it in the now smoking tree. "Are you going to play fair this time?" the floating, yellow pegasi asked, possessed by the purple mask on her face. It continued to laugh and started shaking. "Fluttershy? Is that yo-" she was interrupted by Link grabbing her and running away. For those of you who haven't figured it out, it's when Link is in friendly/relaxation-mode that you get to hear what he says. He has now entered hero-mode, so his dialogue will not be typed. "What is your problem? That's Fluttershy!" she tried to reason with him while he ran. He said nothing as he ducked into an alleyway. Peaking around the corner he found the possessed pony, Fluttershy, as it was called, completely loosing interest in them. It would be back though. Majora was the kind of demon with a child's state of mind. The world is its toys, to be rid of when they've lost their use. It is completely oblivious to any pain or suffering it does. He needed his sword. Should he make a run for it or wait for Majora to leave, which could be never. Maybe he could- "What is your problem?" His thoughts were interrupted by Twilight. He shushed her quiet and explained the concept of Majora that is three paragraphs above this one. She folded her arms...front legs...and pouted, unable to argue with the logic, or lack thereof, in the situation. Link ignored her as he searched for the demon mask. It was nowhere to be found. "Your not gonna..." she stopped, expecting this insane being to evict her of her fear. He dashed for the burnt tree just as Twilight reached out her hoof to stop him herself. Turning around he still couldn't find Majora's Mask anywhere. He ignored his fear (he became quite good at that while saving Termina) and broke open the door. Just to be evil, I'm going to interrupt the story here to explain why I'm angry at you. It's because you guys don't comment on my chapters. I'm sorry for those of you who HAVE commented. I'm punishing the majority, and, well, I guess that's what you get for liking this weird Legend of Zelda/My Little Pony crossover. You know a picture is worth a thousand words? A comment is worth a thousand favorites. Well, not a thousand; a hundred maybe? No, maybe ten. The room inside smelled of burning peahats, although he was quite sure he was hallucinating, else substituting the smell for the closest thing in his mind. He quickly found his sword and, in a quick, fluid, well-practiced motion, rolled past, slipping himself though the hilt strap. He stood up and picked his shield off the ground. He heard that all-to-familiar laugh. Unsheathing his sword he turned, facing Majora's Mask, unattached to Flufferby, or whatever her name was. His tentacles were hanging out of his body...face?...the mask in a fashion similar to his fight back in Termina. "These ponies are no fun." I paused, laughing. "Hey! I know why don't you come to my house and play?" At that the tentacled mask looked up and started laughing, opening up a portal to the moon. This time, however, Link received no time to prepare himself, as he was sucked into the moon. Yes, INto the moon. That, however, will be explained a few chapters later. Just be happy you get this chapter this month. Once again, leave a comment below if you enjoyed it. This is turning into YouTube, isn't it.
7: The Transformation, For Real This TimeYou guys are awesome. 58 favorites and 78 comments (at the time of typing this), with 3 comments and 3 favorites on my song, and 3344 views across this and my song. I apologize for my childish behavior last chapter, but, seriously? I would rather have a comment that a favorite any day on my Musescore and this. And to be nice, I'll include any of Link dialogue in this chapter. ...Despite the fact this is about Pinkie and Rainbow Dash and Link's name may be mentioned only under dialouge. Rainbow Dash opened her eyes to the pink, fluffy tail of her party palooza pal (Try say that ten times fast.) lying on her face. It had snowed last night, so there was snow littering the ground and the two of them. What am I doing here? Memories of yesterday flooded back to her. She tried to organize her thoughts. Navi. Parasprite, no, not a parasprite. Cupcakes. She shuttered. Polka. Fluttershy. Possessed. Pinkie. PINKIE! "Pinkie!" She yelled, surprised at the low, gravelly stature of her voice. "Yes, Rainbow Dash?" Pinkie stood up and turned around. She screamed, "Ma-ma-MANTICORE!" Manticore? What? "What are you talking about?" Rainbow looked around to find they were the only ponies standing around. "Rainbow Dash? Is that you? What are you doing in a manticore costume? It looks so realistic too." Terror struck Rainbow as she looked down at her dark brown, furry body. Spreading out her wings, she found they where more bat like. She stood up and was surprised to find her entire structure was changed. Her bones were no longer hollow. Her hooves were now paws and, for the first time, felt the ground beneath her. Then a thought appeared to her. "Why are you still a pony?" "I'm Pinkie Pie, silly!" "Wha- How? Right. Pinkie." That would have to do, for now. Meanwhile they must save Fluttershy. "Come on Pinks lets go do this thing." "Okay-dokey-lokey-smokey then!" How she could be so energetic with her polka instruments tied around herself was beyond Rainbow. "K, I think she headed towards Ponyville." "Lead the way, McDuff." "McDuff?" But Pinkie was already on her way towards Ponyville, playing a Old McDonald on her instruments, for no apparent reason. Rainbow soon followed in confusion. You may be asking yourself: Why is this chapter so late? What do you mean? Is it really late, or are you just early? Exactly. "Excuse the awful mess. My little sister had her friends over, and-" "I, Photo Finish, do not care about your pity problems. Are my dresses finished?" "Uh, yes. Yes! Here they are! I think you will be most pleased." Rarity pulled a rope, revealing a bright pink dress with a large, poofy skirt. It was decorated with bright red rubies, seeing as gems were Rarity's 'thing'. "They good. I go now." and with that she called for her slaves to carry her away. Rarity pulled the curtain closed with her magic and was just about to start cleaning up the mess, when she heard a high pitched, German scream, causing Rarity to chuckle and turn around to see a terrified Photo Finish rush in, look around, and race into Rarity's changing room. She heard the door lock behind the distraught fashionesta. After staring at the lock door for a couple seconds, she chuckled, then laughed outright. Well, as much as a lady would. But what would have caused Photo to act like this? Creeping around the corner, she spotted the tentacled mask tormenting Photo's slave ponies. Rarity's mouth hung open in amazement and fear. She had to do something. Looking around the shop she got one of the stupidest ideas she had ever gotten. For all your hard work commenting, I will skip to the action instead of annoying you with a cut to something else. "Stop you fiend!" Rarity scream. Majora turned to see a pile of buckets, baking sheets, and other metal items with a broom levitating in a light blue light. Must be another futile attempt at beating me. He let out an evil hackle. "Come to play?" the mask asked. "Uh, yes? I believe I have, you gruffian." She was just buying time until they had escaped. The demon laughed. "I just wanted to play!" Rarity cringed. He was like a demonic Pinkie. "Uh, okay. Why don't you go play over there." That usually got rid of Pinkie. "Do you not like me? Can't I play with you?" "What do you want to play?" She was scared of the possibilities. "I don't like you. You ask too many questions." At that he started shaking. Rarity noticed Photo's servants were gone, so she rushed into the boutique before she was transformed. Majora, luckily didn't care enough to follow, so he headed toward the library, which she just now noticed was smoking. She ran over to the phone to call the fireponies. I need more time to think of the next part, and a new chapter is waaaay overdue, so I guess I'll have to leave it here. I guess it's a short chapter. Next chapter will have the fight between Link and Majora. Maybe even some Pinkie and her new manticore friend. Once again, I'm sorry for the short chapter. Leave a comment with suggestions for the fight. And click that green thumbs up if you are enjoying the story so far. You know you waaant toooo.
